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STRAWBERRY: AFTER HARVESTING
1:591We will talk about strawberries bearing fruit only once per season (disposable). Repairing strawberry varieties require different care.
How to care for strawberries in July and August. Do you still need to continue leaving? What else do plantings need besides watering. You need to look after the beds and no less than before picking the berries! The key to a good harvest in the new season is a number of certain very important events, without which you will not see a large, healthy berry!
Garden strawberries bloom and bear fruit very early. In a short time from the melting of snow to mid-June, when the first berries ripen, the roots of the plant are not able to extract enough nutrients from the cold spring soil to form large, sweet and aromatic berries. Where does a good strawberry crop come from? It is laid in July - September of the previous year. Strawberry care in July and August is the basis of next year's harvest.
At this time, the second wave of leaf growth begins, as well as the regrowth of new horns and the laying of new flower buds. In the horns, nutrients are deposited, which the plants of garden strawberries will spend next year for the formation of berries. Old leaves that have completed their function begin to die off, a large number of whiskers appear. The second half of summer is the best time to take care of the future harvest. So, the berry picking is over. How to care for strawberries further?
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Pruning old strawberry leaves
2:601Remove weeds and strawberry whiskers from the garden.
Carefully cut off any old leaves, being careful not to damage the hearts and young leaves. It is more convenient to do this if garden strawberries of different varieties in your beds are selected according to the terms of fruiting, and varieties of the same timing are grouped in rows. Early varieties can be treated first until young leaves appear. At the same time, later varieties still continue to bear fruit. Do not be late with this procedure, because with the regrowth of young foliage, you will need more time and diligence. In addition, diseases and pests that have appeared on old leaves during the season will have time to move to new ones.
Remove season-dried leaves and all plant debris from your plantings: pathogens also remain on them. If you notice that the growing young strawberry leaves are shriveled, deformed, this means that the plants are infected with a strawberry mite. Treat the strawberries with any anti-tick drug (acaricide). A good result is given by treatment with Actellik, Kleschevit (aka Fitoverm), Titovit Jet or a solution of colloidal sulfur.
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How to loosen and fertilize strawberries
3:600Thoroughly loosen the soil between the rows to a depth of 10 cm. It is impossible to loosen deeply directly near the bushes, so as not to damage the root system. In strawberries, it is located superficially. While loosening, slightly huddle the bushes so that the adventitious roots growing on the strawberry horns at this time are under a layer of soil.
Considering that during this period strawberries are gaining strength for the next fruiting and are very demanding on the supply of nutrients, it is necessary to make top dressing.
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To do this, apply a complete mineral fertilizer with microelements to the soil.
4:678Calculation: 20-30 grams per 1 square meter. Special strawberry fertilizers are best suited for this, containing all the necessary elements in a balanced form. Ammophoska is not bad for this purpose: in addition to the basic nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium), it contains calcium, magnesium and sulfur. Chlorine-containing fertilizers should be avoided because strawberries cannot tolerate chlorine. A very good result is obtained by the introduction of humus, which not only fertilizes the soil, but also significantly improves its structure.
After applying fertilizers, embed them in the soil.
So that after watering a crust does not form on the soil surface, mulch the bed with peat.
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How to water strawberries
5:582Water the strawberries thoroughly after applying dry dressing.
Keep the soil moist for the rest of the season, watering sparingly but abundantly. Frequent surface watering usually does not benefit strawberries. After watering abundantly, loosen the soil to remove weeds. Cut out the newly growing mustache - fruiting for next year will be much weaker if the bush spends its energy on the formation of daughter rosettes, and not flower buds. Timely removal of the mustache stimulates the formation of new flower buds. Powerfully overgrown young leaves in winter cover the strawberry bush and contribute to a more successful overwintering.
